OVA “LEON” WOODS

CLAREMORE, Okla.- A celebration of life was held at 11 a.m. Friday, June 29, in the chapel at the MMS-Payne Funeral Home for Ova Leon Woods, 83, Claremore, who died Sunday, June 24, 2018, surrounded by his family.

Mr. Woods was born in Lockwood, Mo., and was a “Missouri boy” at heart, although he was a longterm resident of Claremore. After serving in the Army, he made a living as a truck driver. He later worked as a field representative for an agricultural production company. Thirty years of being a truck driver gave him a love of travel that he continued well into retirement. He visited nearly every state in the country and took his children on many fun and exciting vacations.

Together with Doris Woods he was a loving father to Debbie Stacks, Cindy Engelke and Craig Woods, as well as a wonderful papa to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren. He is survived by his brothers, Carl Woods and Marvin Woods and sisters, Myrtle Guinn and Nadine Woods. Later in life he met Marie Nicholson with whom he spent 25 years with. He had a love of Bluegrass music and old tractors.